1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team

1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football
Conference Mid-American Conference
1948 record 1–8–1 (1–4 MAC)
Head coach Mike Scarry (1st season)
Home stadium League Park

The 1948 Western Reserve Red Cats football team represented the Western Reserve University in the American city of Cleveland, Ohio, now known as Case Western Reserve University, during the 1948 college football season. The Red Cats were a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

The team was coached by Mike Scarry, a former Cleveland Browns player who played under and learned his coaching style from Paul Brown. Assistant coaches were Dick Luther and Lou Zontini.

On October 23, 1948, Western Reserve battled Kent State to a 14-14 tie, which was broadcast on television in the Cleveland-Akron area, making it Ohio’s first intercollegiate televised football game.[1]

Western Reserve lost to rival Case Institute of Technology for the first time since 1927, ending a seventeen-game Red Cats win streak.[2]

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 25 at Western Michigan Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI L 0–26    
October 2 Miami League Park • Cleveland, OH L 0–49    
October 9 Butler League Park • Cleveland, OH W 6–0    
October 16 at Ohio Peden Stadium • Athens, OH L 7–37    
October 23 Kent State * League Park • Cleveland, OH T 14–14    
October 30 Pittsburgh* League Park • Cleveland, OH L 0–20    
November 6 at Brown* Brown Stadium • Providence, RI L 0–36    
November 13 at Cincinnati Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH L 13–26    
November 20 at West Virginia* Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV L 0–20    
November 25 Case* League Park • Cleveland, OH L 7–15    
*Non-conference game.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Football History" (PDF). publish.netitor.com. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Case vs. WRU Thanksgiving Day football game". blog.case.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  3. ↑ "WRU Football 1948/49". case.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
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